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-LT.CMDR Tarsa Rogers, Executive Officer, USS GAUSS<br> | -LT.CMDR Tarsa Rogers, Executive Officer, USS GAUSS<br> | ||
-CMDR Nigel Straun, TACFLEET Liason Officer, INDIGO FLEET<br> | -CMDR Nigel Straun, TACFLEET Liason Officer, INDIGO FLEET<br> | ||
<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: 55 - Shuttlecraft Away</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Joseph Baker 6-12-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80627.1536 (GMT)<br> | |||
MD: 5.1300<br> | |||
Scene: USS FEYNMAN, Main Shuttlebay<br> | |||
LTJG Jerran Terel and Midshipman Talo stepped on board the Runabout NOGURA | |||
as the rest of the pilots settled into their shuttlecraft. Jerran touched | |||
a comm pad on the control panel and said, "NOGURA to Bridge. Inform the | |||
Cardassians that we are beginning launch operations now." | |||
<Confirmed, NOGURA. You are clear to launch.> | |||
Jerran closed the line and turned to the Cadet and smiled reassuringly to | |||
him. "All shuttles, stay on my six once we've cleared the bay." | |||
<Roger that, Lieutenant,> came Jennifer Cartwright's voice over the comm. | |||
After Talo brought the ships impulse engines up to full power, Jerran | |||
deftly flew the runabout out of the shuttlebay and into the empty space | |||
above the ring. He looked over to port and starboard to see the flights | |||
of shuttles coming out of the Cardassian ships and decided everything was | |||
going as planned. Tapping the comm pad again he said, "All shuttles, this | |||
is LTJG Jerran. Prepare to deploy on my mark. Cardassian shuttles, break | |||
off and regroup with your assigned FEYNMAN shuttles for deployment. Let's | |||
move out." | |||
About twenty shuttlecraft were now flying over the Ring, some of them | |||
pulling into formation with each other. A pair of Cardassian shuttles | |||
came up to flank the NOGURA, escorting the FCO's ship to the far edge of | |||
the Ring. After they had all formed up on their respective wings, the | |||
shuttles activated their warp drive for the short journey to their | |||
assigned destinations. | |||
After a few minutes, Jerran ordered Talo to shut down the warp drive and | |||
bring up the impulse drive for sublight maneuvering. Talo nodded and | |||
complied with the order saying, "Controls seem kind of sluggish. Must be | |||
a glitch in the control interface." | |||
Jerran nodded and said, "Just as long as it holds together till we're | |||
through here, and we'll be fine." | |||
<Beta squad to Alpha squad.> Jennifer said over the comlink. <All squads | |||
are formed up and in position.> | |||
"Good. Jerran to FEYNMAN. We can begin operations." Over to the sides | |||
of the runabout, Jerran noticed that the Cardassian shuttles were getting | |||
somewhat close. That's when he noticed two small projectiles moving | |||
outwardfrom each of the shuttles. He tried to dodge them, but the | |||
runabout was too slow for such a maneuver. The incoming torpedoes struck | |||
amidship as he took her into a roll, two striking each on the top and | |||
bottom. The explosion sent the ship whirling toward the ring. | |||
"Inertial dampeners offline!" Talo shouted through the whine of wrenching | |||
metal. "Warp reactor core failure imminent!" | |||
Jerran tapped at his console, trying to hold on despite the high G forces | |||
of the turn. "Manual release is inoperative. She's going to..." | |||
Just then, the runabout exploded into a million fragmants floating in a | |||
large cloud of plasma above the ring. The other FEYNMAN shuttles were | |||
having similar fates as their Cardassian "allies" opened fire on them. | |||
After the dust had settled, LTJG Jerran looked over at Midshipman Talo, WO | |||
Dunnon, Midshipman Kaz, ENS Cartwright, Midshipman Alera, Midshipman | |||
Serana, and WO Austin, all framed by the yellow glowing grid of the | |||
holodeck. | |||
"Wooowee!" yelled the Texan pilot with a smile. "I'd say they took the | |||
bait like an armidillo takes to a busy highway!" | |||
Jerran allowed hismelf a slight smile, still not understanding the | |||
Terran's humor, and said, "I'd say you're right, if I knew exactly what | |||
you meant. Now, I'd better get up to the bridge. I have a feeling all | |||
hell is about to break loose, as you would say, Tex." | |||
"Damned tootin', pardner! I mean, sir." | |||
"The rest of you get to your emergency posts." | |||
The all filed quickly out of the holodeck as Jerran ran for the bridge. | |||
When he got there, CMDR Zane looked over to him as he walked over to his | |||
place at the helm. "How'd it go, Lieutenant?" | |||
"Rather well, sir. The Cardassians attacked the shuttles, just as | |||
planned. Had I not been slowed, however, by the bad connection between | |||
the holodeck and the remote operations on the NOGURA, then I might have | |||
been able to save her." | |||
"Something tells me that the Cardassians wouldn't have appreciated that, | |||
Mr. Jerran. It would have ruined their plans immensely, which we will do | |||
anyway.. They called just before you got up here saying that there was | |||
some sort of malfunction in the interface between our transporters and | |||
theirs, and that their people have reported that our shuttles have all | |||
lost communications in addition to warp drive failure." | |||
"At least they aren't lying, sir. It was the warp drive failure that | |||
caused the destruction of the shuttles, eventually. And, it would be | |||
somewhat difficult for me to open communications with you when I am dead." | |||
"Certainly. Bridge to transporter room. Begin beaming up the landing | |||
parties. Mr. Jerran, I hope your warp jump is ready." | |||
"Yes, sir, it is," the pilot said, looking back at the CEO standing at the | |||
engineering console for a second. "But Mr. Koreth and I have run into a | |||
minor obstacle." | |||
The commander looked back to the engineer as the Klingon said, "We will | |||
have to divert more of our power to the IDF and SIF fields, so shields | |||
will be unavailable for five seconds after the maneuver is complete." | |||
The captain nodded as the FCO said, "But, that shouldn't be a problem, as | |||
I anticipate that we will be out of the area before the Cardassians take | |||
another shot at us." | |||
"Well, let's just hope it works." | |||
<Transporter room to bridge. The last of the landing parties is beaming | |||
up now...> | |||
<NRPG> | |||
Well, here we go :) | |||
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* jobaker@chuma.cas.usf.edu * jbaker@deans2.cas.usf.edu * | |||
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* Raneov Stefanh e-Annhwi tr'Khnialmnae, CO, HgR Ja'telaih, TOS TREKMUSE * | |||
* LTJG Jerran Terel, FCO, USS FEYNMAN, alt.starfleet.rpg * | |||
* ENS Logan Knight, CEO, USS TSUNAMI, alt.starfleet.rpg * | |||
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* Joseph W. Baker * | |||
* Physics Major, College of Arts and Sciences * | |||
* University of South Florida * | |||
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